Drug overdose death case sets ‘precedent’ for prosecuting dealers »
LONDON – A Breathitt County woman is believed to be the first person federally sentenced in the Eastern District of Kentucky for causing an overdose death by illegally supplying the drugs. Judy McIntosh, 48, appeared before U.S. District Judge Gregory F. Van Tatenhove on Wednesday, Oct. 3, where she was formally sentenced to more than [...]
Wayne child found at home with meth »
Child found at Wayne meth lab MONTICELLO – A 2-year-old girl was treated for exposure to methamphetamine after being found in a home where the highly toxic drug had been produced. This was the second incident involving endangerment to a child in Wayne County this week. Both 45-year-old Paul Sweet Sr. and 24-year-old Samantha Carter [...]
Free Breathitt basketball camp »
UNITE ‘Shoot Hoops Not Drugs’ basketball camp to be held at Breathitt County High on June 14 JACKSON – The third of six free regional basketball camps offered by Operation UNITE this summer will be held Tuesday, June 14, at Breathitt County High School in Jackson. Camp begins at 4 p.m. and lasts approximately three [...]
Prescription monitoring provides tool for early intervention; education key to reducing deaths »
PRESTONSBURG – Kentucky’s efforts to monitor the sale of prescription drugs continues to be among the best in the country, but there is still much to be accomplished, the head of a national monitoring initiative told members of UNITE’s Medical Advisory Council Thursday night. “The problem is growing worse rapidly,” said John Eadie, director of [...]
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Road to Recovery 2010
Symposium brings professionals together to seek solutions for drug addiction, workplace safety »
HAZARD –Better utilization of the state’s prescription drug monitoring program, increasing education about the disease of addiction, and providing greater collaboration and communication on available resources were all short-term priorities identified by medical professionals attending an Operation UNITE symposium held Saturday. The symposium brought together more than 300 physicians, nurses, pharmacists, dentists, social workers, substance [...]
WestCare provides 4,100 volunteer hours to community, youth »
WestCare residents provide more than 4,100 hours of volunteer service to community, youth in 2009 PIKEVILLE – Residents at WestCare Kentucky’s facilities in Pike County provided 3,050 volunteer man-hours of service for community service projects and in support of Operation UNITE’s youth initiative during 2009. Clients of the residential substance abuse treatment facility in Ashcamp [...]
$500,000 pledged to UNITE treatment programs »
HAZARD –Kentucky River Properties, LLC, has pledged $500,000 to the Operation UNITE Foundation over the next five years to provide substance abuse treatment. The first $100,000 installment was formally presented to UNITE Director Karen Engle and Fifth District Congressman Harold “Hal” Rogers during a dinner held at Hazard Community and Technical College on January 25. [...]
UNITE Service Corps helping 16 schools »
Sixteen elementary schools in eight Eastern Kentucky counties are receiving additional assistance during the 2009-10 school year through Operation UNITE’s Service Corps. Provided in conjunction with the state AmeriCorps program, UNITE Service Corps members teach the “Too Good for Drugs” curriculum, tutor students in mathematics, and help set up and coordinate an anti-drug UNITE Club [...]
UNITE Makes several drug arrests »
Two charged with methamphetamine production ANNVILLE – Two Jackson County women were arrested Friday, October 23, after materials found to make methamphetamine were discovered at their residence. Operation UNITE detectives charged 32-year-old Tina Young (also known as Tina Adkins) and 24-year-old Misty D. Stepp, both of the Annville Car Wash Apartments on Highway 30, with [...]
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